“I imagine you feel insignificant,” Sajaki said, almost as if he had been listening in on the conversation. “Well; you’re justified in feeling that way. You are insignificant. That’s the majesty of this place. Would you choose it any other way?”

—  Alastair Reynolds , book Revelation Space

Source: Revelation Space (2000), Chapter 34 (p. 523).

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